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Daily Record
Daily Record
National
Andrea Lambrou

Meet the East Kilbride Community Litter Pickers here to clean up the town

Adult nappies, bottles of urine, a 1970 crisp packet and an inflatable pink flamingo were among the deluge of disgusting and bizarre finds East Kilbride Community Litter Pickers have binned in the last year.

The group’s hardy volunteers claim to have lifted the equivalent weight of “five elephants” of litter from East Kilbride’s streets and green spaces.

But its founder says their efforts in disposing of this staggering amount of rubbish are just a drop in the ocean.

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